Killer heatwaves, more disease outbreaks and higher risks to children are highlighted in a Queensland Government climate change plan released today, which says the medical profession can play a major role in driving change.

With meningococcal disease vaccine in short supply, the Tasmanian Government admits the recent cases are "worrying", as those affected by the disease in the past call for more help for those who cannot afford immunisations.

Jesada Chokdumrongsuk, deputy director-general of the Public Health Ministry, said two of the boys are showing signs of a possible lung infection, but all eight are generally healthy. Family members have seen some of the boys from behind a glass barrier, and will be able to talk to them using hospital phones.

Three patients infected with the deadly Ebola virus escape from quarantine in the DR Congo city of Mbandaka, before two of them are found dead the next day as medics race to stop the disease spreading in the teeming river port.

Brisbane commuters are warned to be on the lookout for measles symptoms after a man diagnosed with the disease used the Ferny Grove line while unknowingly infectious. It is the third confirmed case of measles in the Brisbane area in the past month.

People who have eaten at the popular Melbourne restaurant Cumulus Inc in the past three weeks should get a free hepatitis A vaccine, the health department says, after a staff member was diagnosed with the disease.